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russia is not the united states and is never going to resemble the united states for geographic and other reasons. the russian empire in the soviet union were not accidental. they balanced regions with a mutual dependence. the vision of the liberals in russia and in the united states was that falling the soviet union was reorienting themselves towards europe and the united states. they failed to understand that these countries could not compete in any reasonable timeframe in europe. the more dependent they were on europe, the weaker they became, and also forgot that russia is a geopolitical entity. it experienced some terrible wars in its history, and it's extremely cautious about the expansion of things like nato. they regard nato as a military alliance, and we regard it as a club of nice people. it's a mismatch of what it is, and as the united states moved into the baltics and the revolution of ukraine took off and the united states became influ enissue in asia. if containment won after world war ii, pudin from the kgb saw a second engagement. they stopped trying to do what stalin did t
russia is not the united states and is never going to resemble the united states for geographic and other reasons. the russian empire in the soviet union were not accidental. they balanced regions with a mutual dependence. the vision of the liberals in russia and in the united states was that falling the soviet union was reorienting themselves towards europe and the united states. they failed to understand that these countries could not compete in any reasonable timeframe in europe. the more...
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the united states is off balance. it didn't expect to be and this is the unintended empire, it didn't expect to be in this is enormously powerful position. it doesn't really know how to manage it, and this is the decade -- this is the third decade we are in that it must come to terms with the incredible strains of the international system but also the domestic system. >> host: in a way i'm struck by how your argument about the need for the new diplomacy and new institutions to go along with it that would be the agent of the sort of rebalancing. there isn't the sense that we are two decades into the problem of building the post cold war. if anything that project is put on hold or perhaps to have gone in a wrong direction by the retraining of the american foreign policy as a global war and terror over the last decade. >> guest: the british as they served on their entire would devastate the counter insurgency and north america where they were defeated the germans to cut their heads handed to them by the germans. it's not
the united states is off balance. it didn't expect to be and this is the unintended empire, it didn't expect to be in this is enormously powerful position. it doesn't really know how to manage it, and this is the decade -- this is the third decade we are in that it must come to terms with the incredible strains of the international system but also the domestic system. >> host: in a way i'm struck by how your argument about the need for the new diplomacy and new institutions to go along...
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states is a world leader whether we care to admit that it or not so the reality is the united states is going to have influence we do have influence and she in egypt the question is how can we exercise that influence to help the egyptian people themselves make the transition to democracy the military is the key institution here we've had egyptian generals egyptian officers train in the u.s. attend some of our military academies for at least the past two decades we're very close relations with them one reason this crisis didn't. turned out that way and didn't become a bloodbath in all candor was because of those close relationships with it that we have with the u.s. military they're in control right now we need to work very closely with them to develop the sort of institutions and processes that will allow the egyptian people to move toward liberal democracy if i go to you and in seattle here i mean we you know i am sure i am sure peter that if you. if you ask most egyptians they would say to john and to such and such discourses thanks but no thanks you have done enough damage for thi
states is a world leader whether we care to admit that it or not so the reality is the united states is going to have influence we do have influence and she in egypt the question is how can we exercise that influence to help the egyptian people themselves make the transition to democracy the military is the key institution here we've had egyptian generals egyptian officers train in the u.s. attend some of our military academies for at least the past two decades we're very close relations with...
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and we are seeing many of those in the united states. for example, if you look at public sector compensation in the united states, for -- since 1980, it has been much higher than the average private sector compensation. this is quite surprising to people like me who looks to the united states as sort of a home to entrepreneurs in the private sector. but beyond that, already 45% of americans don't pay federal taxes. a lot of the issues we are hearing around things like health care and entitlements, which has been a big issue, in wisconsin, pension reform and pension liabilities, i think all of that together, the united states is leaning on the public sector than traditionally we have known. tavis: your comment about public sector notwithstanding, i don't know how one can make the argument when you look at the numbers of the gap, the growing gap over these years between the pay of c.e.o.'s and the heads of companies and the workers in those companies. beating up on the public sector is the easy thing, but the private sector, the gap betwee
and we are seeing many of those in the united states. for example, if you look at public sector compensation in the united states, for -- since 1980, it has been much higher than the average private sector compensation. this is quite surprising to people like me who looks to the united states as sort of a home to entrepreneurs in the private sector. but beyond that, already 45% of americans don't pay federal taxes. a lot of the issues we are hearing around things like health care and...
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states and the united states which is very much to keep him in power according to even jimmy carter the american truly want mubarak to stay but that is no longer possible carol but they do not want to see the regime swept away. all right well washington has been supporting mubarak's regime for almost thirty years but then we've heard the u.s. president sort of changing his rhetoric so why do you think that is. well it's almost identical to what happened during the xargs reign the united states have as as the revolution in iran gained strength and power the americans became more and more muted in their support of the shah but it was much too little and much too late to the iranian people never forgave the americans the role that is being played now by the american administration is very similar they're not on the side of the people in the people recognize that they're playing a double game they're on the one hand very much on the side of the establishment on the side of. the mouse so they man but on the other hand they tell the egypt and people that they they hear their voices and th
states and the united states which is very much to keep him in power according to even jimmy carter the american truly want mubarak to stay but that is no longer possible carol but they do not want to see the regime swept away. all right well washington has been supporting mubarak's regime for almost thirty years but then we've heard the u.s. president sort of changing his rhetoric so why do you think that is. well it's almost identical to what happened during the xargs reign the united states...
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russia is not the united states and is never going to represent the united states for geographic and other reasons. the russian empire and soviet union more not accidental and bound together economically and politically regions that have a mutual dependence. the visions of the liberals in russia and the united states was that the soviet union was reoriented itself towards europe and the united states. if they fail to understand these countries could not compete at any reasonable time frame in europe. the more dependent they became one europe the weaker they became. and also forgot that russia is a geopolitical entry. its experience some terrible war in its history and it's extremely cautious about the expansion of things like nato. re nato as a military alliance. we regard it as a club of nice people. fairly mismatched about what it is and it is the united states moved into the baltics and nato has the orange revolution of ukraine to cough and the united states became very influential to central asia they saw the second the encirclement taking place, so if the containment one it was
russia is not the united states and is never going to represent the united states for geographic and other reasons. the russian empire and soviet union more not accidental and bound together economically and politically regions that have a mutual dependence. the visions of the liberals in russia and the united states was that the soviet union was reoriented itself towards europe and the united states. if they fail to understand these countries could not compete at any reasonable time frame in...
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states i think we have to be very careful when we speak of the united states not as american i mean as washington not even as obama or bush before him but rather of what we have to be very very keen to understand what are the political objectives and interests of the global power structure which is presently promoting world government gradually and which is entrenched in the united states and to a great extent also in london and in the major capitals of europe and even in my country origin to what you have that can we talk about where you are at the moment south america you qualify the fact about global powers behind this not necessarily the u.s. but without a doubt many are saying the u.s. was very much influential in the change of regimes which we've seen in latin america in the past do you think you could draw any comparisons to what happened there in latin america the likes of nicaragua indeed even cheney had in argentina. to what's happening in the middle east now definitely but that would go that would take us back a little bit to what used to be the bipolar world where you ha
states i think we have to be very careful when we speak of the united states not as american i mean as washington not even as obama or bush before him but rather of what we have to be very very keen to understand what are the political objectives and interests of the global power structure which is presently promoting world government gradually and which is entrenched in the united states and to a great extent also in london and in the major capitals of europe and even in my country origin to...
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. >> a former american secretary of state, madeleine albright once described the united states as an indispensable nation. she called it the indispensable nation. richard, is it still indispensable? >> on many issues, yes. but if you're the chinese leadership, you want to dispense with the u.s. in the pacific, for example. even if you're, um, the brazilian leadership, which is much more pro-american, you would actually like a reduced american role across, um, across, across latin america. and so there are mountain crushers gradually mounting, often very hard to observe, but they are, they are contributing to a trend, um, that we simply can describe as american decline. >> david, is there a substitute on the, uh, in the wings? who's going to be the indispensable nation, if anyone? >> i don't think there is. a lot of the debate about china is about just this. is china proposing some sort of beijing consensus to replace the washington consensus about, uh, about free markets and, uh, i, i don't think so. i think what we see from china, uh, much more is sort of free ridin uh, let the u.s.
. >> a former american secretary of state, madeleine albright once described the united states as an indispensable nation. she called it the indispensable nation. richard, is it still indispensable? >> on many issues, yes. but if you're the chinese leadership, you want to dispense with the u.s. in the pacific, for example. even if you're, um, the brazilian leadership, which is much more pro-american, you would actually like a reduced american role across, um, across, across latin...
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states is trying democracy the united states does not want freedom in the region because free egypt would mean trouble for israel a free saudi arabia free back reign would be trouble for american interests in the region just today a large number of battery knees were killed come you know when you look at this small population of relatively speaking it would be something like a thousand people dying in tehran. six seven or eight people who were killed because the population in the country is only half a million but the us was the us position on battery and that battery and is an ally and it calls on both sides to refrain from violence that is you know that is extraordinary so there is no doubt that the united states is deterring democracy and the fact that the united states is actually pushing so hard for you know so-called regime change in iran is one reason why the green movement has no longer any popularity in the country the fact that the state department is behind it supporting it the fact that they are funded the fact that they have aligned themselves with terrorist organizatio
states is trying democracy the united states does not want freedom in the region because free egypt would mean trouble for israel a free saudi arabia free back reign would be trouble for american interests in the region just today a large number of battery knees were killed come you know when you look at this small population of relatively speaking it would be something like a thousand people dying in tehran. six seven or eight people who were killed because the population in the country is...
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democracy isn't a marsh it's not recognized at least by the united states and its allies and then the united states has been a huge impediment to democracy in the arab world since its inception since independence so what is its track record. its track record is very negative as many serious american historians admit to themselves throughout the cold war period when the big enemy was communism the united states not just in the middle east but also in south america it was prepared to tolerate tyrants dictators butchers of their people because it's there in cross with the end of the cold war. humanitarianism became one of the ideological pillars except in those countries where it wasn't convenient so we've seen in the middle east in particular. the dictatorship in egypt which appears to be collapsing as we speak which has been there for the last twenty five to thirty years we have seen regimes over twenty years long in the matter of b.m. countries to miss morocco algeria we've seen the toleration of a completely authoritarian brutal monarchy in saudi arabia jordan itself has been reduced
democracy isn't a marsh it's not recognized at least by the united states and its allies and then the united states has been a huge impediment to democracy in the arab world since its inception since independence so what is its track record. its track record is very negative as many serious american historians admit to themselves throughout the cold war period when the big enemy was communism the united states not just in the middle east but also in south america it was prepared to tolerate...
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states and the united states because it's bound its foreign policy to israel it's desperately trying to kape keep the status quo and it sees iran as a major problem it sees that in the future will have more difficulty confronting iran because there will be new actors in the region which will be against american foreign policy and is trying desperately to overthrow the regime or i would call it this time a republic but it will fail david if i can ask you is one of the interesting things is and i to reflect upon with something professor marandi said is that you know even though if the united states you know one level says it wants to see democracy in i don't know you know after favoring dictators for so many dictators decades it's hard to believe that but in the case unlikely supporting the green movement i mean when the u.s. openly says it supports the green movement don't a lot of people in iran just go sour on it i mean that happens in. in a lot of places you know when an outsider says oh we like this guy he's our winner i mean if they're tainted by outsiders in a lot of people want
states and the united states because it's bound its foreign policy to israel it's desperately trying to kape keep the status quo and it sees iran as a major problem it sees that in the future will have more difficulty confronting iran because there will be new actors in the region which will be against american foreign policy and is trying desperately to overthrow the regime or i would call it this time a republic but it will fail david if i can ask you is one of the interesting things is and i...
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this is the united states of america. he got into office and he found it extremely difficult to realize that potential. i do think that we need a person of the extraordinary potential at this time because as i said, i think that the challenges that we face right now are every bit as severe as they were in world war ii or in dealing with the soviet union or the missile gap or whenever it was, but we don't have a political system, at least now, that is capable of rising to the occasion as we did earlier. i see it as an urgent national task to fix the political system. otherwise i think we are going to be in trouble. >> i'd be interested in your thoughts on the boundary between the united states and mexico, to countries which on the surface would appear to be very friendly if elected the cultures that both embrace, but obviously a tremendous tensions exist between the drug issues and the immigration issues. is there anything that your studies might reveal that would help untangle that situation? >> well, one of the things th
this is the united states of america. he got into office and he found it extremely difficult to realize that potential. i do think that we need a person of the extraordinary potential at this time because as i said, i think that the challenges that we face right now are every bit as severe as they were in world war ii or in dealing with the soviet union or the missile gap or whenever it was, but we don't have a political system, at least now, that is capable of rising to the occasion as we did...
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united states keep in mind to the u.s. is coming and negative a great power and the levying with the growing economic power, the president dispatches a note to london that says this dispute is in the western hemisphere and is in our backyard and we recommend you take this to neutral arbitration. lowered sells very discusses this with his cabinet sees it as the affront to the british empire and dispatches a note back to washington that says forget about it. at this point* there is talk of war in congress and a sense united states has been ashamed and embarrassed by this and talk of the british empire continuing to tread where it should not be trespassing of american interest and once talk of war is swirling the british cabinet reconvenes and lowered sells very calls in the admiralty and says what do we do? are you ready to go to war against united states? he walks away and sees a rising america and rising germany. rising japan they're getting uppity in south africa and they go back to the lowered and says we cannot do this.
united states keep in mind to the u.s. is coming and negative a great power and the levying with the growing economic power, the president dispatches a note to london that says this dispute is in the western hemisphere and is in our backyard and we recommend you take this to neutral arbitration. lowered sells very discusses this with his cabinet sees it as the affront to the british empire and dispatches a note back to washington that says forget about it. at this point* there is talk of war in...
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states supported mubarak the united states supported benelli in tunisia the united states in recent years supported in many ways moammar gadhafi and i think you know one of the problems now is that the governments the people who come to power as we've seen i mean in tunisia where the french ambassador was just heckled out of. it was heckled first for statements that he made because people remember who was on their side i mean one of the reasons actually that moammar gadhafi retains for instance the friendship of south africa is that he supported the south african freedom struggle where many people in the west did not and i think it's always better in the long run to be on the right side of history to be on the people side mark go ahead go ahead finish it go ahead just in terms of the war on terror i mean the way the war on terror was fought has actually created many more terrorists then than there were to begin with i mean throughout the middle east kuantan imo abu ghraib are symbols that are recruiting tools for terrorism and it's clear that in the words of donald rumsfeld they're
states supported mubarak the united states supported benelli in tunisia the united states in recent years supported in many ways moammar gadhafi and i think you know one of the problems now is that the governments the people who come to power as we've seen i mean in tunisia where the french ambassador was just heckled out of. it was heckled first for statements that he made because people remember who was on their side i mean one of the reasons actually that moammar gadhafi retains for instance...
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up next, a look at the anti vaccine movement in the united states. chief of the division of infectious diseases at children's hospital and philadelphia explains the reasoning behind and consequences of that not vaccinating yourself and your children. dr. offit speech at the manhattan institute. it's about an hour. >> i was a resident in pediatrics at children's hospital in pittsburgh in the late 1970's. at that time we would every week as in terms see children who would come into the hospital infected with a bacterium called influenza type b. an incredibly common cause of and for my -- meningitis. was a common cause of sepsis, which is a bloodstream infection, and a common cause of something sitting on top of the wind pipe which swelled up and cause suffocation. beside every week. by the late 1980's, the vaccine was developed to protect fewer than ten cases a year up until recently. there was, just to put this in perspective, a year ago we had a child admitted to a hospital who had bacterial meningitis. every monday we had weekly infectious disease c
up next, a look at the anti vaccine movement in the united states. chief of the division of infectious diseases at children's hospital and philadelphia explains the reasoning behind and consequences of that not vaccinating yourself and your children. dr. offit speech at the manhattan institute. it's about an hour. >> i was a resident in pediatrics at children's hospital in pittsburgh in the late 1970's. at that time we would every week as in terms see children who would come into the...
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what we have inside the united states. russia's most wanted terrorists martyr of claimed he orchestrated the deadly suicide attack on moscow's double yet of the airport last month well the incident she was attention to serious lapses in security at transport hubs which as the country's president himself has discovered have all been addressed that he looks at this week's developments. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more innocent lives have been taken by his deadly complain chechen born. this week he was the mastermind behind january's bombing at the idea of the airport when one of made the claims in a video message posted on an extremist website he described the suicide bombing as his special oh poor a sion and promised more terrorist attacks security experts say the massachusetts in full says why he's no longer described as just a chechen warlord but as an international terrorist these groups move around the world you know their own down to operate in parts of afghanistan but some have been skeptical whet
what we have inside the united states. russia's most wanted terrorists martyr of claimed he orchestrated the deadly suicide attack on moscow's double yet of the airport last month well the incident she was attention to serious lapses in security at transport hubs which as the country's president himself has discovered have all been addressed that he looks at this week's developments. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more innocent lives have been taken by his deadly complain...
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in the united states. you alluded to immigration. i feel strongly we need to deal with the borders and you mentioned marijuana. we need to deal with the issue of mexico. we have put so much money into the middle east and to fight terrorism but we have turned our back on one of the real threats to the world and that is drugs. not only people who sell them, people who use them and the crime as a result of that. it is a matter of prioritizing what is best for our country. that is what we are elected to do and as far as constitutional civil rights, we are a very strong people on that and if they are violated people will be held accountable. host: back to some of the testimony from the hearing yesterday. this is from the f.b.i. director. following up on testimony earlier about the increasing threat here within our borders of people who wish to do their fellow citizens rarely. >> this is a very bad time. it has gone up and down since september 11. we are in a period which reflects changes from our perspecti pers
in the united states. you alluded to immigration. i feel strongly we need to deal with the borders and you mentioned marijuana. we need to deal with the issue of mexico. we have put so much money into the middle east and to fight terrorism but we have turned our back on one of the real threats to the world and that is drugs. not only people who sell them, people who use them and the crime as a result of that. it is a matter of prioritizing what is best for our country. that is what we are...
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the united states begins to change the position. until september of '52, they were against the idea of overthrowing. after '52, they begin to get convinced maybe we should get rid of him. one the reasons, one the other reasons that they decide they need to go against him is the increase rise of the two of the communist party in iran. something of the historians have said the turning point came in june when -- june 1953 when the party organized a demonstration and brought a 100,000 people in the remarkable discipline in tehran. that scared the bejesus out of the tehran. he was becoming increasingly isolated because of economic hardship, and was becoming weakened because of, again, economic hardship. the clergy began to worry that he's depending too much on the communist. they were worried. now the british and the cia we know in this period had a very sophisticated program where they would send them to pretend to attack the clergy from the radical communist. they wanted to frighten the clergy even more. and it worked. the clergy with
the united states begins to change the position. until september of '52, they were against the idea of overthrowing. after '52, they begin to get convinced maybe we should get rid of him. one the reasons, one the other reasons that they decide they need to go against him is the increase rise of the two of the communist party in iran. something of the historians have said the turning point came in june when -- june 1953 when the party organized a demonstration and brought a 100,000 people in the...
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the united states i mean united states has so powerful they can they can harm economically and politically both the swedish government in the british government. and we can be found there is also set for another high court battle he's accused the guardian newspaper of quote malicious libel over its tell all account of the online whistleblower the british daily is also being blamed for adjusting wiki leaks diplomatic cables to fit its own editorial policy artes nor emirate has more on the rift between the fall of bedfellows and exposing u.s. embassy secrets to the world. they were bedfellows in exposing u.s. embassy secrets to the world but now wiki leaks and the guardian have rapidly fallen out of love and it's turning nasty in the original agreement between wiki leaks and its partner publications the partners were to help publish cables on the whistle blowing web site blocking out names to protect the innocent was allowed but sources close to wiki leaks maintain the guardian went one step further accusing the newspaper of redacting the cables to suit its own political and editorial agenda
the united states i mean united states has so powerful they can they can harm economically and politically both the swedish government in the british government. and we can be found there is also set for another high court battle he's accused the guardian newspaper of quote malicious libel over its tell all account of the online whistleblower the british daily is also being blamed for adjusting wiki leaks diplomatic cables to fit its own editorial policy artes nor emirate has more on the rift...
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in the united states and so forth. how does this all play into julian assange and the sex and spy programs and the push alternately for his extradition it's a hot potato as you can understand for the government here. now that they have been exposed through various wiki the leaks. as having. colluded with the united states the ways that they had never before admitted it was often suspected. it's an especially delicate time for them to go out and openly cooperate with an extradition process and reinfeld as i understand the prime minister has apparently declared that this is not a political issue we haven't completely through the judiciary and so on and so forth i think he is not entirely candid there. whatever happens as a result of the trial the united states will probably request that he be extradited for these crimes that they're trying to invent you know he was in the united states and that would be a separate process and that's the process usually is first processed by the immigration department and as i understand
in the united states and so forth. how does this all play into julian assange and the sex and spy programs and the push alternately for his extradition it's a hot potato as you can understand for the government here. now that they have been exposed through various wiki the leaks. as having. colluded with the united states the ways that they had never before admitted it was often suspected. it's an especially delicate time for them to go out and openly cooperate with an extradition process and...
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i cannot believe that the united states would choose to go to war, welcome as the united states did with spain in 1894. without a lot of people saying wait a minute, we can't afford it. do you know what that's going to do to the deficit? so the united states may have reverted now, recently sent a financial meltdown of 2008, to the way the country was before the very that i talk about. it wasn't that rich, and war like any other kind of national activity, something that cost money. and when the money gets tight, some people think strong second thoughts about were. i will stop there. i have spoken longer than i intended to but now we can do questions, right? [applause] >> fascinating. my question is regarding the spanish-american war. i can see why with my desire to take cuba and puerto rico from strategic and even economic interests, but what was the interest in the philippines other than perhaps competing with the french and the germans and the british in terms of some sort of worldwide manifest destiny? >> as a matter fact that was the principal reason for considering the philippines fa
i cannot believe that the united states would choose to go to war, welcome as the united states did with spain in 1894. without a lot of people saying wait a minute, we can't afford it. do you know what that's going to do to the deficit? so the united states may have reverted now, recently sent a financial meltdown of 2008, to the way the country was before the very that i talk about. it wasn't that rich, and war like any other kind of national activity, something that cost money. and when the...
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narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic development, and for our quality of life. man: you just can't visualize all the assets that are under our feet. we have about two million miles of pipe in this nation. if you're walking around in an urban area, you're probably stepping on a pipe. man: our grandparents paid for, and put in for the first time, these large distribution systems. woman: and in many cases, it's not been touched since. man: we're at a critical turning point. much of that infrastructure is wearing out. narrator: our water infrastructure is made up of complex, underg
narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic...
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states i mean the united states has so powerful they can they can harm economically and politically both the swedish government and the british government. you without a life are moscow words now just approaching the ten minute mark of the hour now stuck in a vicious debt circle an increasing number of americans find themselves unable to afford the bare necessities of life the looks of a wave of bankruptcy and the government's struggle to cope with the debt crisis. let's turn our attention to egypt now where the anti-government protesters show no sign of giving up after two weeks of revolt the country's new cabinet is set to have its first meeting as thousands maintain a human chain in cairo's central square they're still demanding that president hosni mubarak step down but as always paul asli a reporter trees in the egyptian capital she says that parts of the city are trying to return to normal life. life here in downtown cairo is slowly returning to some kind of normality a short time ago i got caught in my first traffic jam and a policeman helped me cross the street so the police
states i mean the united states has so powerful they can they can harm economically and politically both the swedish government and the british government. you without a life are moscow words now just approaching the ten minute mark of the hour now stuck in a vicious debt circle an increasing number of americans find themselves unable to afford the bare necessities of life the looks of a wave of bankruptcy and the government's struggle to cope with the debt crisis. let's turn our attention to...
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do the ariens of the united states over many years from. questions of. making asylum seekers in sweden. both to the cia freddy's is particularly strong now with a right leaning government in sweden and with the us wanting him for spying and sweden wanting him for sex crimes julian assange is wanted by quite a team and the songe wiki leaks case. seems to be just the next continuation of this very old intelligence relationship here's some other relationships we dug up julian assange just ticks off the us with fierce reaction from one of the country's most notorious neo cons is not a particularly credible source and love and he is a get over two million homeowners it is a criminal only ought to be hunted down and grabbed and put on trial for war used earlier these words from karl rove who claims he's part swedish and just happens to be advising the country's pm while the former swedish minister of justice is a partner in the firm who filed charges against a songe for sex crimes with another link to the us thomas von stroheim is claimed to have handed the ci
do the ariens of the united states over many years from. questions of. making asylum seekers in sweden. both to the cia freddy's is particularly strong now with a right leaning government in sweden and with the us wanting him for spying and sweden wanting him for sex crimes julian assange is wanted by quite a team and the songe wiki leaks case. seems to be just the next continuation of this very old intelligence relationship here's some other relationships we dug up julian assange just ticks...
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else, if the united states wants, uh, stimulus contributions, if the united states wants debt reduction, if the united states wants any of those other aspects, can it get any of those answers from brussels? >> not now, no. >> you can't get any of those answers from brussels, that's my point. you have to go to berlin on some issues, all the ones you mentioned, in fact, to get anything done. you go to brussels on some other issues like trade policy, but even on trade policy, if you look at the last couple rounds of multilateral trade negotiations, the uruguay round, the tokyo round before, these, you know, years, they take years to get done. in the end, the deal was germany and the united states getting agreement among all the other e.u. countries to make the final deal. it was german, germany that made the influence, tipped the balance, to get the deal done, because it's a free trading nation, like the united states, and it had to use its weight within e.u. councils. that was to u.s. interests but it was only because we had a strong bilateral relationship that got the multilateral thing
else, if the united states wants, uh, stimulus contributions, if the united states wants debt reduction, if the united states wants any of those other aspects, can it get any of those answers from brussels? >> not now, no. >> you can't get any of those answers from brussels, that's my point. you have to go to berlin on some issues, all the ones you mentioned, in fact, to get anything done. you go to brussels on some other issues like trade policy, but even on trade policy, if you...
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it's important the united states do that. >> how? >> i think we do what we didn't do in egypt over the last couple of years, which is press for gradual reforms so you don't wind up creating a tinderbox that explodes. reforms can be undertaken in jordan, algeria and elsewhere. it's not going to be easy. you do have to start pressing in that direction. >> and in a prescient article, bob said just before the uprising started, we had been looking the other way in country after country in the middle east. this is a time to demand some gradual but real reforms. right now, there's been a perfect storm of three conditions. the growing connectivity in the middle east. phenomenal what is happening 5 million people on facebook in egypt. there's been the growing unemployment among the young. it's been a tinderbox, especially after the global recession. and also this real organization of a dozen to 15 real leaders, including the man from google doing creative and important things. there is real leadership behind this movement. >> let me ask about
it's important the united states do that. >> how? >> i think we do what we didn't do in egypt over the last couple of years, which is press for gradual reforms so you don't wind up creating a tinderbox that explodes. reforms can be undertaken in jordan, algeria and elsewhere. it's not going to be easy. you do have to start pressing in that direction. >> and in a prescient article, bob said just before the uprising started, we had been looking the other way in country after...
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i think the united states can be a huge part of that. and in doing so, it will strengthen our position on energy, which everybody mentions, um, but in also a lot of other areas, in human rights, in civil liberties and also in just, in settling a lot of disputes. >> we, we don't have the presence there that we do, say, in georgia or, um, or other former soviet states. i think the u.s. relationship with, with azerbaijan is much more tenuous than others in the region. >> oil in particular is a very fungible product. oil from azerbaijan is not that much different than oil from nigeria or oil from venezuela, and it's the total pool of oil. and even if the oil from azerbaijan is maybe feeding mostly into western europe, it's still important to us because if they don't have access to that oil, they're going to be looking to gain oil from sources that are primary sources to american energy needs. >> our crisis of confidence, you know, our political correctness in many ways, um, has, it reflects on the world, especially in new countries that look
i think the united states can be a huge part of that. and in doing so, it will strengthen our position on energy, which everybody mentions, um, but in also a lot of other areas, in human rights, in civil liberties and also in just, in settling a lot of disputes. >> we, we don't have the presence there that we do, say, in georgia or, um, or other former soviet states. i think the u.s. relationship with, with azerbaijan is much more tenuous than others in the region. >> oil in...
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at the end of the day, tehran is scared of the united states. china is scared of the united states. if there's going to be an issue, that requires an understanding between the united states and the government of iran and north korea that deals with their security issues. that can come only from washington. it can't come from brussels or moscow or anywhere else. that's why i think you need the multilateral and unilateral to be working hand in hand. >> you mention the number four or five factors that are very important for peace to break out. and i was wondering whether you would be -- whether you would comment on what's happening in europe. which of those factors that you mentioned have been your viewer specially responsible for peace to break out in europe and where do you see our weaknesses, in other words, what do you expect of europe in the future in terms of further integration? >> well, i think that this story of european integration and of peace deepening it's routes after world war ii was a product of that same kind of story that i told. fundamental understanding between fran
at the end of the day, tehran is scared of the united states. china is scared of the united states. if there's going to be an issue, that requires an understanding between the united states and the government of iran and north korea that deals with their security issues. that can come only from washington. it can't come from brussels or moscow or anywhere else. that's why i think you need the multilateral and unilateral to be working hand in hand. >> you mention the number four or five...
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the united states interest a lot of those bets are off now or maybe off. yes it's quite staggering actually to see that the obama administration is quite nervous to see a dictator go because there's much at stake in the region obviously they're concerned about the militaristic relationship with egypt they're concerned about. israel's security the safety of their border with gaza for example and. they're very nervous and the egyptians are very upset to see that the americans are keeping very close tabs on the situation as it unfolds on the ground they see the thirty year old relationship thirty years our relationship between egypt mubarak and the u.s. . very damaging as far as the their relationship with other countries in the region is concerned and let's not forget that they're very angry about the financial aid given by the u.s. to the egyptians because it goes into security matters and who the egyptians are the first to suffer from it let's not forget that the crackdown that we've seen over the last few days. with police forces resorting to tear gas but
the united states interest a lot of those bets are off now or maybe off. yes it's quite staggering actually to see that the obama administration is quite nervous to see a dictator go because there's much at stake in the region obviously they're concerned about the militaristic relationship with egypt they're concerned about. israel's security the safety of their border with gaza for example and. they're very nervous and the egyptians are very upset to see that the americans are keeping very...
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documented and undocumented, presence in the united states. their earnings were enhanced by about 2.7%. why? it's complicated and i'll send a link to the commission so you can look at the exciting charts and graphs and do that to your heart's desire. it comes down to a simple idea which is intuitive and you know it. the economy is not a fixed pie. when you expand the labor curve, a simple economist will say the price of labor goes down and we're all hurt. the more people that work here, the more people that are chasing jobs and we're all doomed. wrong. the expansion of the available labor force creates opportunities that did not exist before. you have innovation and entrepreneurialism that increases the actual size of small and medium-sized businesses. they consume and that expands the demand curve. you have a dynamic economy for 90% of u.s. born workers that enhances their wages. the other 9% got whacked up side the head with globalization and immigration and everything you can list and they need help. getting rid of immigrants doesn't really
documented and undocumented, presence in the united states. their earnings were enhanced by about 2.7%. why? it's complicated and i'll send a link to the commission so you can look at the exciting charts and graphs and do that to your heart's desire. it comes down to a simple idea which is intuitive and you know it. the economy is not a fixed pie. when you expand the labor curve, a simple economist will say the price of labor goes down and we're all hurt. the more people that work here, the...
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states the extradition case is going to be used as an as a pretext by the united states to get hold of judea sarge and we think there is a very real danger going to be actually taken to the united states even possibly detained in quantity. and actually basically pursuit of some kind of espionage charges it's going to be impossible to see any kind of fair trial or just it's happen if if june in the sand is going to be extradited to sweden and i was what i'm seeing in terms of how people are spawned ng to the wiki leaks is that actually people overwhelmingly support the freedom of information we can see how the free flow of information has been absolutely crucial to democracy. you can find out. the. guardian. collaborate. with. that's coming your way in the next hour when. we look at the plight of christians. being continuously targeted by extremist groups. with the russian government trying to rein in the country's excessive drinking it seems that it's maybe missing the real root of the problem. found out how russians you may be under the age limit but are often drinking. these teena
states the extradition case is going to be used as an as a pretext by the united states to get hold of judea sarge and we think there is a very real danger going to be actually taken to the united states even possibly detained in quantity. and actually basically pursuit of some kind of espionage charges it's going to be impossible to see any kind of fair trial or just it's happen if if june in the sand is going to be extradited to sweden and i was what i'm seeing in terms of how people are...
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the arms are bought in the united states. the consumers are in the united states. once the drugs cross the boarder where do they go? who consumes them who are the north american capitalists? we don't know about that. we nomex can criminals. we don't know anything about u.s. laundering of money. >> rose: what do you mean by "u.s. laundering of money"? >> things are laundered in this country. once we cross the border what happens? we don't know where the drugs go how they... the money is laundered. drug money is laundered, the consumption,s where it? >> rose: so what are you suggesting? >> i'm suggesting mexico and the united states come together and decide on a common policy to fight this this is a problem that is not unilateral or bilateral. it has become a global problem. i'm part of a group headed by the former presidents of colombia and mexico in which we propose starting to think about a world of legalized drugs. >> rose: legalized drugs or legalized... >> yeah. the consumption of drugs can be legalized, not penalized. for example drug takers should not be sent
the arms are bought in the united states. the consumers are in the united states. once the drugs cross the boarder where do they go? who consumes them who are the north american capitalists? we don't know about that. we nomex can criminals. we don't know anything about u.s. laundering of money. >> rose: what do you mean by "u.s. laundering of money"? >> things are laundered in this country. once we cross the border what happens? we don't know where the drugs go how they......
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states the condition for doing business with the united states is the is the rubber stamp us foreign policy which means to be part of nato so from lithuania to a stone year to bog area to albania to all of the countries of the former socialist in addition to the countries of north atlantic you see the elites of those countries foreseen there are their populations to pay the price of being part of nato to the people in europe who are being imposed with all kinds of austerity to the people in europe who are being hit seen their jobs or wages cut in their benefits do they benefit no i would say just the opposite it's pretty interesting i'm wondering if you know from the precise. of u.s. government do you see any changes do you see any you know elected lawmakers coming to washington and say hey i think now's the time to talk about this now's the time to talk about disbanding ale but you would think so given the economic situation in the united states given the fact that there is no global threat to the united states posed by russia or the bed purportedly existed during the so-called cold
states the condition for doing business with the united states is the is the rubber stamp us foreign policy which means to be part of nato so from lithuania to a stone year to bog area to albania to all of the countries of the former socialist in addition to the countries of north atlantic you see the elites of those countries foreseen there are their populations to pay the price of being part of nato to the people in europe who are being imposed with all kinds of austerity to the people in...
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for example, like the tax cut recently in the united states. i mean, that was just, like, throwaway money for the republicans so they'll support obama. and all it does it add to the budget deficit. i mean, the rich hardly need tax cuts in the united states, but they're going to get them. - is there any way an american politician could get elected today saying, "well, it's time to pay some taxes, here, to put our house in order"? is that doable? and if it's not doable, what will happen? - it's absolutely not doable, and that's why i've said i think the americans need a fiscal pearl harbour to really get their act together. it was winston churchill that said, "you can count on the americans to ultimately do the right thing, but only after they've exhausted all the other possibilities". [bob laughing] and so i think they'll get there eventually, but the question is what kind of a mess will force them into doing it? how big will the crisis have to be? is it going to have to be like greece and ireland, where the living standards are collapsing? - bu
for example, like the tax cut recently in the united states. i mean, that was just, like, throwaway money for the republicans so they'll support obama. and all it does it add to the budget deficit. i mean, the rich hardly need tax cuts in the united states, but they're going to get them. - is there any way an american politician could get elected today saying, "well, it's time to pay some taxes, here, to put our house in order"? is that doable? and if it's not doable, what will...
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decision for the united states or israel to once again attack a third muslim country for the united states unilaterally i think is a fiasco, and i don't think it will be militarily successful in this attempt to delay this program. iranians now have learned how to build and have enriched uranium. they built these communities and it is under 25 feet of cement and dirt. it has been heavily fortified. there are three centers for enriching uranium, each the size of six football fields, and they have the capacity to have a cascade of 50,000. nobody in their right mind believes a country wants a peaceful nuclear program when it builds a cascade of 50,000. you just don't need 50,000 cascade if you're going to enrich ewe uranium 3%. for that, 5,000 cascades is enough. 50,000 gives you 5%. i think in my view, iran has trying to become what is called the latent or a virtual nuclear state, that is have the capacity, established known capacity to build a bomb at short order, and have the world considerate as a latent nuclear state. they want the world to know that they can be a short while away from a
decision for the united states or israel to once again attack a third muslim country for the united states unilaterally i think is a fiasco, and i don't think it will be militarily successful in this attempt to delay this program. iranians now have learned how to build and have enriched uranium. they built these communities and it is under 25 feet of cement and dirt. it has been heavily fortified. there are three centers for enriching uranium, each the size of six football fields, and they have...
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well i don't know that we would find that keeping united states soldiers and united states security contractors. wealth and a with access to some of the amenities that they would expect at home and the enormous expense and brother that you know it's there are seven thousand trucks per day crossing into afghanistan to service the united states troop presence and each of those trucks can sometimes cross as much as one thousand dollars per day just to cross certain stretches of road and that money goes right into the hands of maybe taliban warlords and certainly other kinds of drug lords and people who have control over the roads i don't know that we would expect that this is going to somehow be of benefit to people in afghanistan and the idea that if the united states is able to train and create small groups armed. militias in every single village that this is going to create security has been recruited by reputable or non-governmental organisations who are actually begging the international security assistance forces and nato in the united states to reconsider that or hardy plan it's a prescript
well i don't know that we would find that keeping united states soldiers and united states security contractors. wealth and a with access to some of the amenities that they would expect at home and the enormous expense and brother that you know it's there are seven thousand trucks per day crossing into afghanistan to service the united states troop presence and each of those trucks can sometimes cross as much as one thousand dollars per day just to cross certain stretches of road and that money...
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roll united states courthouse. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. den yem, and the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. denham: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on senate bill 188. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. denham: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: senate bill 188 would designate the federal courthouse currently under construction in yuma, arizona, as the john m. roll united states courthouse. on january 8, our nation suffered a horrendous tragedy. one of our colleagues, the gentlewoman from arizona, representative giffords, was carrying out her duties meeting with her constituents in tucson, arizona as, when a gunman shot 19 people, killing
roll united states courthouse. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. den yem, and the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. denham: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on senate bill 188. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. denham: thank...